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THE CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY. MARCH 30, 1988 <£ DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL, 83, NO. 127 Dole drops out, Events targeted to ignite campus activism By DAVID WOLF Bush left alone The campus will be ablaze with activity By BERNARD WEINRAUB beginning April 3, when Student Action N ,V. Times News Service Week officially ignites. Conceived by the Student Activist Cooperative (SAC), a WASHINGTON, March 29 — The coalition of 19 student groups, the week last tangible obstacle to the selection of will feature appearances by well-known Vice President Bush as the Republican activists and other events designed to en presidential nominee fell away Tues courage student participation in aware day afternoon as Sen. Bob Dole, his ness groups. chief rival in the campaign, ended his quest. Speakers will include Julian Bond, the first black man to Dole, speaking in a Senate caucus run for President, room packed with colleagues, cam Abbie Hoffman, a paign workers and friends, said with a well-known activist faint smile that he was "bloodied but since the 1960s, and unbowed" in deciding to drop out of the Tom Regan, a presidential race. "You come to trust world-famous animal rights defender. your instincts to tell you it's over," said Dole in a strong voice. The six-day event will culminate April 9 in an 8-hour festival of music and With his wife, Elizabeth Hanford speeches, featuring the bands Jonathan Dole, and daughter, Robin, flanking Richman and the Modern Lovers, Bar- him, the Senate Republican leader rance Whitfield and the Savages, and The spoke without a hint of rancor toward Fleshtones. Interspersed with the music Bush, a candidate who aroused the will be short addresses from a variety of DAVE PETTY,' THE CHRONICLE Kansan's temper and anger in the students, several professors and Durham campaign. Graham Barr (left) and David Wolfson. Mayor Wib Gulley. "My friends know that I am a fight er," said Dole. "I don't like to lose. I "It's a musical event but it's got a mes visibility of student activism at the as an "umbrella which gets all these make no apology for that. It is simply sage behind it," said December 1987 University, according to Wolfson, a mem groups working together," said Louise the way I am. They also know I am an Trinity graduate David Wolfson, "people ber of SAC. The group, recently chartered Murray, president of Students for the optimist. If I weren't, I wouldn't be are going to have to listen to what is being by ASDU, unifies student activist or Ethical Treatment of Animals (SETA). standing here today. I have been said." ganizations from across the political The impetus for an event of this mag See DOLE on page 41>- The week, billed as "Action for a spectrum, although concentrating most nitude came from a common feeling Change," is an attempt to increase the heavily on the liberal end. It was created See SAC on page 5 • \ "T M Future of vacant ^^th^si Phone entry system planned house uncertain By ANDREW GSCHWIND Soon, a simple phone call will open By MICHELE ESTRIN 1 doors for visitors to House G. Installa tion of a student-developed prototype It waits abandoned, a house with peel of a new security system that will both ing paint, hanging shutters, and missing facilitate acccess to dormitories and boards. On a shady street north of East promote security is scheduled to begin Campus, 814 Onslow stands in the middle Wednesday. of a controversy between the University, which owns the house, and the Trinity The device will cost the University at nisi least $11,000 less per installation than Heights Neighborhood Association (THNA), which wants the house either a similar nationally marketed system renovated or sold. and could eventually earn the Univer sity money. •There's a fundamental adversarial relationship between a neighborhood who Engineering sophomore Rob Green looks at preservation of homes and a berg, ASDU vice president for Engi university who looks at land for institu neering, designed the system during tional use," said Paul Mushak, president Christmas break. The test device, con of the THNA. sisting of a tele-computer connected to a speaker telephone, will be placed out The University has owned the house, side House G, a women's dormitory. along with several other parcels of land in DAVE PETTY/THE CHRONICLE See HOUSE on page 4 |K Controversy centers on 814 Onslow. As well as being able to dial local numbers from the phone, users may enter the building by calling dormitory residents, who can press the pound ASDU eases charter policies symbol (#) to unlock the door adjacent to the exterior phone. The lock will T0M LATTIN/THE CHRONICLE By RAE TERRY dent Organizations Act of 1988, adopted remain unlatched for as long as the Student groups seeking ASDU funding at the ASDU meeting Monday night. The button is pressed. Admission wilt be just a phone call will no longer be required to have a act redefines the SOC's purpose, struc See PHONE on page 51>- away for House G visitors. faculty advisor or prohibited from serving ture and procedures, and establishes its alcohol at sponsored events following responsibilities towards granting charters changes in the Student Organizations and funds to student groups and handling Commission's (SOC) policies. the student activities fee. Bus chartered for lottery winners The changes come as part of the Stu- The act was passed after a section stat ing "No money will be allocated to pur From staff reports all lottery winners who need transpor chase alcohol or fund events at which al Even though it costs at least $50 to see tation, according to Suzanne Wasiolek, Weather cohol is served" was deleted. the Final Four in Kansas City, the price of dean for student life. Trinity junior Ben Jacewicz, who co- getting there just dropped. Students who purchased tickets Registration: For all you procrasti- sponsored the act, opposed the section The athletic department will pay for a through the lottery must sign up for the nators, today is the last day to register noting, "it's totally unfeasible for us to chartered bus to Kansas City available to bus ride by noon today in the Office of the propose a ban on alcohol," he said. "We for fall classes. If you don't . who the 160 students who won tickets through Dean for Student Life, 109 Flowers Buil cannot go to every single event ASDU is knows. Today will be partly cloudy and the lottery for the Final Four. The 19- ding. funding and ask 'Are you or are you not hot. Chance of rain tomorrow and cool- hour ride will be free for those students. drinking alcohol?" „ _ ^ Tickets to the Final Four are not trans Every effort will be made to accomodate See SOC on page 3 • ferable to other people. THE CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,1988 World & National Newsfile Bush and Dukakis win Connecticut primary N.Y. Times News Service in the competition for Connecticut's dele when depended largely on whether Dole's Six officials resign: The N0.2 gates, and The Associated Press delegate delegates moved to the vice president's HARTFORD, Conn. — Michael survey shows Dukakis with 647.55 dele column or declared themselves uncommit Justice Department official and five Dukakis posted a solid, 2-to-l victory over gates and Jackson with 634.55. ted. In Connecticut, Bush was winning 25 other top officials resigned because of Jesse Jackson in the Connecticut primary With the Republican vote complete, delegates to 10 for Dole. growing conern over Attorney General Tuesday night to regain his footing in the Bush had 72,794 votes, for 70 percent of With 99 percent of the precincts coun Edwin Meese's legal problems and Democratic presidential race and set up a the total. Dole had 20,969 for 20 percent. ted, the Democratic vote was: leadership, department officials said. big-stakes showdown next week in Wis- The vice president's lone remaining chal Dukakis, 139,955, or 58 percent. lenger, former TV evangelist Pat Jackson, 67,733, 28 percent. U.S. and Japan agree: A new George Bush was the runaway Republi Robertson, had 3,408, or 3 percent and Gore 18,552, 8 percent. U.S.-Japanese agreement will allow can winner — and the surefire nominee said he didn't dispute Bush's lock on the Simon, 3,106,1 percent. American construction companies to following Bob Dole's withdrawal earlier in nomination. The Democrats barely took time out work with Japanese contractors in the day. "The immediate task ahead is Bush was campaigning in Wisconsin from their battle to read the returns from building large public works projects in unity," the vice president told the party when he received the news of his Connect Connecticut. Already Dukakis, Jackson, Japan. The agreement ended a politi faithful in Wisconsin. icut triumph. "Now let's get together, Gore and Simon were pointing toward cally sensitive trade dispute. With 99 percent of the returns counted, keep together and get to work," he ex primaries in Wisconsin and New York. Massachusetts Gov. Dukakis had 58 per horted a crowd at a GOP dinner in And Gore, in a response to Jackson's Israel closes territories: Israeli cent from his New England neighbors, Waukesha. "That's the mission ahead. enhanced stature in the race, attacked soldiers manned roadblocks along rebounding from poor performances Election day interviews with voters the former civil rights leader in an un major highways to keep Palestinians recently in Illinois and Michigan.